Today we’re bringing you an investor with decades of experience who shares some hard-earned lessons about life, money and investing. Plus, he sprinkles in a healthy dose of history, as there’s plenty we can learn about investing and ourselves from the stories of the past.
Michael Kemp is the author of The Ulysses Contract and was previously Scott Pape’s investment analyst behind the Barefoot Blueprint membership he used to run.
Kate & Owen covered a wide range of topics with Michael, including:
- Can you share your origin story with money
- What drew you to investing in shares over other asset classes?
- Why The Ulysses Contract? Tell us the story here and how it applies to our own investing journey
- What are some of those sirens you discuss that can lead us off course as investors?
- What other disciplines can you study to improve your skills and discipline as an investor?
- You discuss gaining an edge as investors. What does this look like to you, and is it possible to find an edge these days?
- What will it take for computers to become great investors?
- What does financial independence look like to you now, and how has that changed over your lifetime?
- In another podcast, you spoke about the idea of having enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing. Can you expand on this idea and what that looks like in your life?
- Tell us about your journey to working with Scott Pape and helping play a large role in educating Australians about investing. What was the biggest standout for you during this experience?
- Given you’re a prolific reader, what are some of your favourite investing books throughout your learning journey?
- Number #1 lesson you want to leave listeners with
